Insurer’s failure to decide objection for over a year is denial of justice

ATA/82/1998Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa10 feb 1998Granted

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Sintesi Omnilex

In an accident-insurance dispute, the insurer had issued a contested decision but then failed to render a decision on opposition for more than one and a half years. The court held that this inactivity amounted to a denial of justice and therefore granted relief. The case turns on the insured person’s right to obtain a timely decision from the insurer.

Massima Omnilex

LAA 6; denial of justice through failure to issue a decision on opposition within a reasonable time; the authority is in breach of its duty to decide when it remains inactive for an excessive period without sufficient justification. A delay of more than one and a half years after the contested decision is incompatible with the right to obtain a decision and constitutes denial of justice.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; DROIT D'OBTENIR UNE DECISION; ASSU

Normes

LAA.6

Résumé

Commet un déni de justice, l'assureur qui ne rend pas de décision sur opposition plus d'un an et demi après avoir rendu la décision querellée.

Parole chiave

social insuranceaccident insurancedenial of justiceright to a decisionreasonable time

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the insurer committed a denial of justice by failing to decide the opposition within a reasonable time.

Decisione estratta

Yes. A delay of more than one and a half years after the contested decision, without issuing a decision on opposition, constitutes a denial of justice.

Motivazione estratta

The right to obtain a decision requires the authority to act within a reasonable time; the prolonged inactivity was unjustified.

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